New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2001 - REG 72

72 Entry permits-particular risk control measures

(1) An employer must ensure that no person enters or works in or on a confined space unless authorised by an entry permit given by the employer.

(2) An entry permit must:

(a) be in writing, and

(b) identify the confined space, and

(c) clearly describe the work to be carried out in or on the confined space, and

(d) set out risk control measures to be taken, and

(e) record the names of all persons who may enter or work in or on the confined space, and

(f) record the dates and times when the persons may enter or be in or on the confined space to carry out the work.

(3) The entry permit must be provided to the person responsible for direct control of the work to be carried out in or on the confined space.

(4) The employer must ensure that the persons who are to carry out the work are informed of and comply with the requirements of the entry permit.

(5) The employer must ensure that, before authorisation is given for the confined space to be returned to service, the person in direct control of the work in the confined space acknowledges, in writing, that:

(a) the work in or on the confined space has been completed, and

(b) all persons involved in the carrying out of the work have left the confined space.

Maximum penalty: Level 4.